Fumiko YAMABAYASHI  -  born 1910      Student of Tsuchida Bakusen, Maekawa Senpan and Kotozuka Eiichi

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Fumiko Yamabayashi was born in Osaka. She had great teachers: Tsuchida Bakusen, Maekawa Senpan and Kotozuka Eiichi. The artist exhibited with Nihon Hanga Kyokai and other sosaku hanga groups. Subjects are mostly bird and flower motifs and still lifes. Technique used is the self-made woodblock print.
Catalog Fumiko Yamabayashi born 1910 - artelino

Fumio FUJITA  -  born 1933      Contemporary Japanese Printmaker

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Fumio Fujita graduated from the Musashino College of Fine Arts. Since 1963 he is active in woodblock printmaking. His subjects are landscapes that are reduced to essentials of design and lines, but without getting abstract. His later designs often show woods and are more stylized. The artist's works have become rather popular and are sought after by art collectors.
Catalog Fumio Fujita born 1933 - artelino

Fumio KITAOKA  -  1918-2007      Grand Old Master

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Fumio Kitaoka was born in Tokyo. He studied at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and as an experienced artist after World War II in Paris at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts Francaise from 1955-1956. In the 1960s, he received scholarship and taught art in the USA. Fumio Kitaoka exhibited in international biennales in Asia, America and Europe. During his late years colorful landscapes are typical for him. In spite of his age Fumio Kitaoka has exhibited regularly in the prestigious CWAJ print shows in Tokyo - in 2005 it was his 46th participation out of 50 shows altogether!
Catalog Fumio Kitaoka 1918-2007 - artelino

Fumio TAMURA  -  born 1941      Lithographs from Japan

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Fumio Tamura was born in 1941 in Nagano prefecture. He graduated from Tokyo Art College in 1968. During his artist career he has received several awards and prizes in national and international art exhibitions - mostly in the internationl Print Biennale shows. The artist works preferably in Western lithograph techniques.
Catalog Fumio Tamura born 1941 - artelino

Fumio TOMITA  -  born 1934      Silkscreen

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Fumio Tomita was born in Kagoshima prefecture and had studied art at the Kagoshima University. His preferred technique is silk screen. Since the 1960s the artist has participated in the International Print Biennales and other shows. In Japan he belongs to the top group of contemporary artists with numerous one-man shows in renowned galleries like Yoseido. His works have been awarded with numerous national and international prices.
Catalog Fumio Tomita born 1934 - artelino

Fusatane UTAGAWA  -  active ca. 1850s-80s      Meiji Artist

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Fusatane Utagawa was a pupil of Sadafusa Utagawa. His landscape style is influenced by Hiroshige I. The emphasis of Fusatane's work is on landscapes, bijin (beautiful women) and genre scenes.
Catalog Fusatane Utagawa active ca. 1850s-80s - artelino

Gagyu UEDA  -  born 1921      

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Gagyu Ueda was born in Hyogo prefecture. He graduated from Kawabata Painting School. The artist works as a painter and printmaker.
Catalog Gagyu Ueda born 1921 - artelino

Gakuryo NAKAMURA  -  1890-1969      Order of Cultural Merit

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Gakuryo Nakamoto was born in Shizuoka prefecture and graduated in 1912 from Tokyo School of Fine Arts.In 1962 he received the order of Cultural Merit. His favorite technique were woodblock prints.
Catalog Gakuryo Nakamura 1890-1969 - artelino

Gakusui IDE  -  1899-1992      Woodblocks of Birds and Flowers

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Gakusui Ide was born in 1899 in Yamanashi prefecture. He lived in China from 1929 until 1946. After the Pacific war he began making woodblock prints. Favorite subjects were kacho-e, images of birds and flowers. They were published by Watanabe Shozaburo. Famous are his depictions of white herons against a black background.
Catalog Gakusui Ide 1899-1992 - artelino

Gakutei YASHIMA  -  1786-1868      Poet, Writer and Printmaker

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Gakutei was appreciated as a good Ukiyo-e craftsman in his time. But he was better known as a poet and writer. Gakutei was a kyoka poet, putting his own poems on his prints. He also translated a 16th century Chinese novel, "Hsi-yi" (Journey to the West) in Japanese and enriched it with illustrations of his own design. And Gakutei produced many excellent surimono and book illustrations.
Catalog Gakutei Yashima 1786-1868 - artelino